Hardpack

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A material (such as dirt, gravel, or snow) compressed into a hard, smooth surface for roads etc. uncountable

    "The muzzle was filled for some inches with hardpack snow, after he had dug that out with his knife, he found the lock frozen up and snow all over the nipple."

  2. 2
    A hard package, especially of cigarettes. countable

    "That's where she met Vic--tall, hawkfaced, blackhaired, wearing tight Levis and a black T-shirt with the pocket over his heart stretched around a hardpack box of Parliaments."

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"The muzzle was filled for some inches with hardpack snow, after he had dug that out with his knife, he found the lock frozen up and snow all over the nipple."

Etymology

From hard + pack.

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